Talking stocks, trading, and investing in general

[Piobaire]

Same here but the month is young. I need to focus and spend a few hours creating some ICs but I've been lazy.

 

[dhoff10]

Where do you guys get your financial/general news from? Seeing some sites i never even heard of. I would appreciate the insight.

Been off the thread for a while but checked in and will put my 2¢ in on this one.

Will second @jbarwick on using Twitter. You can get a world class research organization there. There are insiders in every industry that post all of their insights just because they like followers.

The only other research site I use is stocktwits which is great for news and insights for specific stocks.

There are probably a lot of momentum degens still on Atlas but the good ones have moved to Twitter too or paid Discord

 

[shortlefty]

Been off the thread for a while but checked in and will put my 2¢ in on this one.

Will second @jbarwick on using Twitter. You can get a world class research organization there. There are insiders in every industry that post all of their insights just because they like followers.

The only other research site I use is stocktwits which is great for news and insights for specific stocks.

There are probably a lot of momentum degens still on Atlas but the good ones have moved to Twitter too or paid Discord

Any specific Twitter or discord users you follow?

 

[venividivicibj]

 

[Piobaire]

I had to dig to get context there. Fed chairs selling their stocks at ATH right now then they'll start to taper. Who here is selling off knowing this?

 

[dhoff10]

What's worse is they were trading futures. I thought it was a good joke that they are selling at the top but now actually putting in serious thought.

 

[brokencycle]

I had to dig to get context there. Fed chairs selling their stocks at ATH right now then they'll start to taper. Who here is selling off knowing this?

Not me. The reality is that all the big movers already know this, and I assume that knowledge has already been taken advantage of. Like if some guy on twitter is posting about it, you know all of the Wall St bankers have already placed their bets on that knowledge.

 

[venividivicibj]

I had to dig to get context there. Fed chairs selling their stocks at ATH right now then they'll start to taper. Who here is selling off knowing this?

Financial disclosures came out and fed chairs had to disclose they were trading individual stocks/reits/etc. Usually frowned upon because they can affect such stocks, and they have now pledged they will not continue the practice. Very Nancy Pelosi-esque (except congressmen continue to do it)

 

[Piobaire]

Financial disclosures came out and fed chairs had to disclose they were trading individual stocks/reits/etc. Usually frowned upon because they can affect such stocks, and they have now pledged they will not continue the practice. Very Nancy Pelosi-esque (except congressmen continue to do it)

Indeed, however, I think the thread of the guy you quoted had the theme they were selling now due to the fact they plan to start the taper...expecting share values to drop?

 

[Omega Male]

Bitcoin to Bucks: Crypto Fans Borrow to Buy Homes, Cars—and More Crypto

Upstart lenders are making it easier for people to take out loans backed by their cryptocurrency holdings. Regulators are watching.

www.wsj.com

???

 

[Texasmade]

Bitcoin to Bucks: Crypto Fans Borrow to Buy Homes, Cars—and More Crypto

Upstart lenders are making it easier for people to take out loans backed by their cryptocurrency holdings. Regulators are watching.

www.wsj.com

???

This can only end well.

 

[jbarwick]

So that's who is borrowing on their bitcoin holdings though odd they would choose to pay higher rates on bitcoin loans than a 3% mortgage. Being bitcoin rich with no job probably disqualifies you from a mortgage tho.

 

[Semil]

So that's who is borrowing on their bitcoin holdings though odd they would choose to pay higher rates on bitcoin loans than a 3% mortgage. Being bitcoin rich with no job probably disqualifies you from a mortgage tho.

I think we have a winner here.

 

[jack webb]

Fed officials should not be allowed to trade stocks, nor should senators or congressmen/women, nor should heads of federal agencies. There are probably other categories that ought to be restricted as well, but let's start with the low-hanging fruit.

And while we're at it lets outlaw management-led buyouts of public companies. As managers they're supposed to be working to increase shareholder value. As buyers they benefit by paying these very same shareholders as little as possible. Which hat do they wear during negotiations?

 

[jbarwick]

Some of the trades are spouses in which case they would need to be included as well. An easier route would be some sort of lockup with trading windows every quarter like insiders at a company. Trades are publicly available for a week before execution so everyone can comment. Fines would be imposed for those executions not made public and they would have to be prohibitably expensive which law makers would not be willing to impose on themselves.